Lydia Ko takes step toward $2 million prize at LPGA finale
Ko responded with eight birdies, including four in a row late in the round at Tiburon Golf Club, that sent her to a 7-under 65 and a one-shot lead in the LPGA Tour season finale. So much as at stake this week, even beyond the $2 million prize to the winner. Ko has a one-point lead in the race for LPGA Tour player of the year. I want to try to grab it when it's there.”It's all right in front of Ko, who has two wins in what she considers her most consistent year on the LPGA Tour. Lee, who already has set an LPGA Tour record with $3.7 million in earnings this season, opened with a 71.
wftv.comRory a runner-up in PIP again to push season total to $40M
A few days before Rory McIlroy returned to No. 1 in the world, he was asked if he could accept being No. 2 for the foreseeable future. The topic, of course, was the Player Impact Program, and McIlroy smiled. “Hey, I gave him a pretty good run,” McIlroy said.
news.yahoo.comChun perseveres, holds off Thompson to win Women's PGA
Chun, after leading by six at the tournament's midway point, lost a three-shot advantage in the first three holes of the final round. Thompson three-putted for bogey on 17, and after an impressive approach from the rough on 18, her birdie putt wasn't hit firmly enough. She lost a five-stroke lead during the final round of last year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club. Chun bogeyed Nos. When Thompson bogeyed 12, so did Chun.
wftv.comWomen's PGA Championship doubles prize money to $9 million
APTOPIX US Womens Open Golf Minjee Lee, of Australia, kisses the Harton S. Semple Trophy after Lee won the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., on Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (Steve Helber)The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is doubling the size of its purse to $9 million, another boost to the women’s game that brings prize money for the five majors to nearly triple the amount from a decade ago. The Women’s PGA Champion starts Thursday at Congressional Country Club, which has hosted the U.S. Open three times. The Chevron Championship had a $5 million purse, nearly $2 million more than the previous year. “This is a very big day for the LPGA, for women’s golf and for women’s sports,” Marcoux Samaan said.
wftv.comKupcho shoots 63 at windy Blythefield to take LPGA Tour lead
BELMONT, Mich. — (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday at windy Blythefield Country Club to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Meijer Classic. “I hit a mistakenly really great shot on the first hole,” Kupcho said. “I’ve been here the last couple of years and really been comfortable with this place,” Kupcho said. “Honestly, a lot of the holes are birdie holes, so I felt like I could go out and birdie every hole. “I just kind of felt really relaxed the whole day,” Thompson said.
wftv.comAwesome Aussie: Lee wins U.S. Women's Open, record $1.8M
US Womens Open Golf Minjee Lee, of Australia, celebrates a win after the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., on Sunday, June 5, 2022. Minjee Lee won the U.S. Women’s Open by four strokes over Mina Harigae at Pine Needles on Sunday to earn $1.8 million, the largest payout in the history of women’s golf. Lee became the sixth straight international player to win the U.S. Women's Open and the first from Australia since mentor Karrie Webb in 2001. Lee said she's never been more nervous on a golf course — even though she never led by fewer than three strokes. Webb won her second U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in 2001 by eight shots.
wftv.comMinjee Lee shoots 67, opens 3-shot lead in U.S. Women's Open
US Womens Open Golf Minjee Lee, of Australia, hits off the 16th tee during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., on Saturday, June 4, 2022. The 26-year-old Australian shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over American Mina Harigae into the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open. At 13-under 200, Lee was within striking distance of the U.S. Women’s Open scoring record in relation to par held by Juli Inkster, who finished at 16-under 272 in 1999 at Old Waverly. Harigae shot a 70. 9, 10, 11 and 12 to get to 13 under and took a four-shot lead after Harigae bogeyed 11 and 12.
wftv.comKo surges, 3 shots back of Lee, Harigae at U.S. Women's Open
US Womens Open Golf Minjee Lee, of Australia, hits off the 15th tee during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. on Friday, June 3, 2022. 1 player vaulted into contention for a third major championship Friday, playing the final five holes in 3 under to pull within three shots of second-round Minjee Lee and Mina Harigae at the U.S. Women’s Open. Harigae and Lee were at 9-under 133 after 36 holes at Pine Needles. Lee shot a 5-under 66, and Harigae had a 69. It looked for a while like Harigae might maintain sole possession of the lead for a second straight day.
wftv.comMinjee Lee hangs on, wins LPGA Founders Cup over Thompson
Looking for her first LPGA Tour win since 2019, Thompson rallied from three down and grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at No. Thompson and Lee traded birdies on the par-5 12th, but Thompson closed with six straight pars for a 69. Thompson had birdie opportunities on the final two holes that she failed to convert before Lee closed it in style with a short birdie of her own. Sagstrom, who was a shot behind Lee at the start, closed with a 72 despite a quadruple bogey at No. Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Anna Davis finished at 3 under while playing her second straight tour event on a sponsor exemption.
wftv.comMinjee Lee takes 1-shot lead into last round of Founders Cup
The 25-year-old Australian who had a three-shot lead at the halfway point, was at 17-under 199 after 54 holes. Sagstrom, the Swede who had the first-round lead after a 63, had the best third-round with a 67. Lexi Thompson started the round tied with Sagstrom at 11 under, and was alone in third, three shots back after a 69. Lee followed with the eagle and birdie on putts ranging from 15-to-18 feet and never lost the lead. Ally Ewing, who was tied for second after two rounds, never got anything going in posting a 74.
wftv.comHannah Green opens 3-shot lead in Palos Verdes Championship
LPGA Tour Golf Hannah Green hits from the sand on to the 16th green during the second round of the LPGA's Palos Verdes Championship golf tournament on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) (Ashley Landis)PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — (AP) — Hannah Green took the lead into the weekend in the Palos Verdes Championship, rebounding from consecutive bogeys Thursday in gusting wind to birdie the two late par 5s in a 5-under 66. Green had a three-stroke lead over five players at hilly Palos Verdes Estates in the first-year event that wraps up the LPGA Tour’s two-week, Los Angeles-area stay and five-event West Coast swing. “I’m excited to see what the weekend brings,” Green said. She won both of her LPGA Tour titles in 2019, taking the major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine and the Portland Classic. Anna Davis, the Augusta National Women’s Amateur winner, made the cut in first LPGA Tour start, shooting 71-72.
wftv.comMinjee Lee takes early lead in Palos Verdes Championship
LPGA Tour Golf Minjee Lee, right, reacts after sinking a putt on the 15th green during the first round of the LPGA's Palos Verdes Championship golf tournament on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) (Ashley Landis)PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — (AP) — Minjee Lee shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Jin Young Ko halfway through the first round of the Palos Verdes Championship. Coming off a third-place tie Sunday in the LA Open at Whilshire Country Club, Lee had a bogey-free round at hilly Palos Verdes Estates in the first-year event that wraps up the LPGA Tour's West Coast swing. “I think it’s just the way like the holes are set up,” Lee said. “Before starting today I just remind (myself) that golf is golf,” Ko said. Anna Davis, the Augusta National Women’s Amateur winner, opened with a 71 in her first LPGA Tour start.
wftv.comKupcho, Lee share lead in last major at Mission Hills
“Honestly, I think it’s just being comfortable on this golf course,” Kupcho said. Kupcho shot a 6-under 66 in sunny and calm morning conditions to join fellow early starter Minjee Lee atop the leaderboard after the first round of the final edition of the major championship at Mission Hills. “I really like the layout of this golf course, the beautiful shape that it’s in every year,” Kupcho said. The golf course is playing as good as ever." “You really need to hit fairways on a major golf course, so that was like my biggest thing today, to hit a bunch of fairways,” Kupcho said.
wftv.comJin Young Ko wins on return to LPGA Tour after 3-month break
World No. 1 Jin Young Ko birdied the 18th hole on Sunday for a 6-under 66 to win the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore by two strokes over fellow South Korean player In Gee Chun and Australian Minjee Lee. Ko has won six times in her last 10 starts and her round set the LPGA Tour’s all-time record for most consecutive rounds in the 60s (15) and most consecutive sub-par rounds (30). Ko was making her return to the LPGA Tour after a three-month break which included time with her family in South Korea before a few weeks of intensive practice in Palm Springs, California.
news.yahoo.comLee wins her 1st major after beating Lee6 in playoff
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — (AP) — Australian golfer Minjee Lee won a sudden death playoff against overnight leader Jeongeun Lee6 to clinch the Evian Championship on Sunday for her first major title. “It’s really great to win a major, it’s really amazing,” said Lee, whose younger brother Min Woo Lee has two wins on the men’s European Tour. Lee went for a 5-iron on her second shot, but her caddie advised her to switch to a 6-iron and was proved right. That increased the pressure on Lee6, whose tense second shot flew into the water. Her head dropped as she knew her chances of a second major had just gone.
wftv.comSophia Popov shoots 64 to lead Pelican Women’s Championship
Haley Moore tees off on the first hole during the first round of the LPGA Pelican Women's Championship golf tournament Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Belleair, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)BELLEAIR, Fla. – Women's British Open winner Sophia Popov left top-ranked playing partner Jin Young Ko and everyone else behind Thursday in the Pelican Women’s Championship. Popov shot a 6-under 64 in windy conditions to take a two-stroke lead over Ashleigh Buhai, with Ko eight shots behind after a 72 in her first LPGA Tour start of the year. Ally McDonald, playing alongside Popov and Ko in an afternoon threesome, was at 67 with Women’s PGA champion Sei Young Kim, the No. U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6, also making her return to the LPGA Tour, had a double bogey and two bogeys in a 73. She last played the Women’s Australian Open in February before the tour began shutting down its Asia swing because of the pandemic.
Danielle Kang wins at Inverness in LPGA return to golf
Danielle Kang follows through on her drive on the fourth hole during the third and final round of the LPGA Drive On Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)TOLEDO, Ohio – Danielle Kang was away from the LPGA Tour for six months during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is not to suggest she was without competition. It paid off Sunday when Kang closed with a 2-under 70 and held on for a one-shot victory over Celine Boutier in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Inverness, the first LPGA Tour event since February. “I made sure I played golf as much as I did normally, not because I had to but because I wanted to,” Kang said. The LPGA Tour stays in northeast Ohio next week for the Marathon Classic.
Kang survives wild back nine to share lead at Inverness
CORRECTS SPELLING OF FIRST NAME TO DANIELLE, N0T DANNIELLE - Danielle Kang watches her drive on the tenth hole during the second round of the LPGA Drive On Championship golf tournament Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Kang survives wild back nine to share lead at Inverness
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)TOLEDO, Ohio – Danielle Kang returned from a 45-minute rain delay with two straight birdies. By the end of the round Saturday, she was happy to have a share of the lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship. They were at 5-under 139 in the LPGA Tour's first event since the Women's Australian Open on Feb. 16. Inverness is hosting the one-time event, with the LPGA staying in northeast Ohio next week before heading to Scotland. Even (par) is a pretty solid score out here today.”No one was on a more wild ride than Kang, the No.
LPGA returns with Kang posting 66 at Inverness for the lead
Danielle Kang hits her tee-shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the LPGA Drive On Championship golf tournament at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, July 31, 2020. Kang finished in the early lead at six-under par. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
LPGA returns with Kang posting 66 at Inverness for the lead
Danielle Kang hits her tee-shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the LPGA Drive On Championship golf tournament at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, July 31, 2020. The LPGA Tour’s much-awaited return from the COVID-19 pandemic brought an immediate sense of its new world. The LPGA Tour remains in northeast Ohio next week before heading to Scotland. The lone Korean among the top 10 -- a rarity given the country’s strength in women’s golf -- was Hee Young Park at 70. Definitely had a really good attitude, and it was really fun to be back.”The LPGA Tour is not allowing spectators, though that wasn’t a problem for Kang.